I seem to remember we debated this early on and decided it was unnecessary and potentially confusing, since you can effectively cancel by navigating away from the unsaved form at any time, which is pretty standard for web apps/forms.

I'm willing to reconsider provided a reasonably compelling usability argument or use case for why this method makes more sense.

Whoops. I thought I *did* add the spit and polish already... To be honest, I was using tadalist.com as inspiration for the "or cancel" link. So, I blame them for the lack of style. :-)

Regarding usability... perhaps the "or cancel" link at a minimum should be on the delete form... It's not obvious what you should in the delete confirmation page if you *don't* want to actually delete the object afterall. From a usability point of view... a simple "Yes or No" choice is expected... It's weird to see only a "Yes" option button... but no obvious way to cancel the action.

As an alternative to "or cancel"... I've also seen links in some web apps saying something like "Return to home"... which functionaly works the same as a cancel button. Basically, my point is... not all casual web app users know to or like to use breadcrumbs for all site navigation... Sometimes a little extra navigational help is a good thing.